HVAC Psychrometry, Air Handling System and Duct Selection

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If you're new to the HVAC industry or seeking to broaden your understanding in this intricate and often challenging field, you've found the perfect place.

Our training approach emphasizes simplifying key concepts to make them easily understandable. In this course, we extensively cover the air side of building air conditioning systems, guiding you step-by-step towards proficiency in evaluating, selecting, and sizing Air Handling Units (AHU) and Air Ducts.

By leveraging fundamental mechanical engineering principles such as thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics, you'll be able to convert theoretical knowledge into practical skills relevant to the HVAC sector. Topics we explore include psychrometry, the equal friction method for duct sizing, analyzing heat gain in spaces, and even control applications using Building Management Systems (BMS).

Enroll in this course to get a head start in your HVAC career.

Learning Outcomes and Content

1) Introduction to Air Handling Systems

• Explain the working principle of air handling and fan coil unit

• Explain the controls for pressure dependent and pressure independent VAV

• Interpret duct drawings and BMS graphics for air-side

2) Space Cooling Load

• Describe the three mechanisms of heat transfer

• Identify the heat gains in a building

• Estimate the cooling loads of a building

3) Psychrometry

• Define the thermo-physical properties of air

• Analysis of various air treatment processes by applying the psychrometric chart

• Explain air conditioning processes in the building

4) AHU and Duct Selection

• Define the components of pressure loss in an air distribution system

• Explain the use of the equal friction method on the sizing of air distribution duct work

• Apply the procedure for determining pressure losses in air distribution duct work

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